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Thirty missing, 17 rescued as boat capsizes north of Libya

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Thirty people are missing and 17 have been rescued in the central Mediterranean after the boat in which they were travelling from Libya capsized in bad weather, Italy’s coast guard has said.

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Activists: Slow response led to 30 migrant deaths off Libya

MILAN (AP) — An activist network that supports rescue operations in the Mediterranean Sea is accusing Italy of failing to offer timely assistance to a smugglers’ boat in distress, resulting in a deadly shipwreck that left at least 30 migrants missing and presumed dead in Libya’s search-and-rescue area.

1 year ago·United States

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Activists: Slow response led to 30 migrant deaths off Libya

An activist group that supports rescue operations in the Mediterranean Sea is accusing Italy of failing to offer timely assistance to a smugglers’ boat in distress, resulting in a deadly shipwreck that left at least 30 migrants missing and presumed dea...

1 year ago·United States

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Activists: Slow response led to 30 migrant deaths off Libya

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Activists: Slow response led to 30 migrant deaths off Libya

By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — An activist group that supports rescue operations in the Mediterranean Sea is accusing Italy of failing to offer timely assistance to a smugglers’ boat in distress, resulting in a deadly shipwreck that left at least 30 migrants missing and presumed dead in Libya’s search-and-rescue area. Seventeen survivors were rescued in an operation Sunday partially coordinated by the Italian Coast Guard. The inc…

1 year ago·Colorado Springs, United States

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7 killed in capsized San Diego boats were Mexican migrants

Mexican officials say at least seven of eight people killed when two boats capsized in shallow but turbulent surf off the San Diego coast were Mexican migrants. The Mexican consulate in San Diego said Monday that preliminary identification was based on records migrants carried when bodies were recovered. The nationality of the eighth person was unknown. The Coast Guard suspended its search for remains on Sunday. Survivors may have escaped on lan…

1 year ago·Idaho Falls, United States

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Charity says dozens of migrants drowned off Libya

ROME: A charity monitoring migrant boats in the Mediterranean said on Sunday (Mar 12) some of the 47 people on a boat it had earlier warned Italian authorities was in distress off the coast of Libya had drowned. Alarm Phone, a hotline used by migrants in distress, tweeted that it had first alerted Italian

1 year ago·Singapore

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